Cantarriján Blues

The Environmental Department of the Junta has rejected a request from the Asociación de Amigos de la Playa Nudista de Cantarriján to put up nudist-beach signs.

The request, which was placed via the Town Hall, called for a sign on the beach informing visitors and beachgoers that it was a nudist beach; i.e., Playa de Tradición Nudista.

It appears that the meeting which the association had with the provincial delegate for the Junta in August served for very little because even the other request made – lining approach lanes with buoys for craft wishing to reach the beach – was also rejected.

The Chairman of the association, Jesús Segarra, said that during the meeting it was all smiles and promises. The delegate even urged them to lodge a formal petition as soon as possible so that it could be included in the Plan de Playas 2019, as work was about to begin on drawing it up.

Having done that and then waited patiently for a response, they were informed that not only was the Junta unable to grant the request, but that the association was also forbidden from putting up such signs themselves, despite the fact that they had already made one up, abiding by all the specifications imposed by the Junta concerning material, size, etc.

After many excuses and reasonings the Junta finally admitted that they were not prepared to consider that the beach should be a nudist one, despite the fact that it was one long before the beach was included in the Natural Park of Maro-Cerro Gordo – since the 6th of September, 1982 in fact.

Furthermore, the promotional material (both online and in brochures) that the Junta issues for the park actually describes the beach as a nudist one.

The association does not propose to accept this set back but intends to use all legal means to get the signs erected.